

Shaquille O’Neill: The 325lb Goalkeeper
By: Daryl | March 2nd, 2009Wow. Seems our can basketballers play soccer? post is part of a trend. The very next day, Chris found a vid of football vs basketball freestylers, and now there’s this.
It’s man-giant Shaquille O’Neill of the Phoenix Suns (and, let’s not forget, the movie Steel) fame, facing a penalty kick from Brazilian teammate Leandro Barbosa (I think) in training. LB shoots, Shaq saves, Shaq celebrates.
How would a 325lb keeper do in professional football? I’d guess not great, although Jeroen “pizza!” Verhoeven is making enough to eat. Clearly. And at 36, Shaq is more or less in his goalkeeping prime. Maybe if Tim Howard gets injured?
Good to know that the Phoenix Suns’ players with foreign roots like Steve Nash – who managed to score past Shaq according to the vid – and Leandro Barbosa (LB in the vid, right?) are spreading the beautiful game to old(er) NBA guys like Shaq.
Sidenote: Have you ever tried kicking a basketball? I did once and two things happened:
1) I bruised my big toe, and
2) My P.E. teacher yelled at me.
So all respect to Nash and LB for risking injury in the name of soccer.
[Vid sent to us by Soccer Training Info, but also spotted by Andrea of Chivas Offside last week.]
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